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Based off of the title you most likely know what this post is going to be about. Basically I need a new PC. Almost everything in my previous Alienware PC broke. It was no longer under Alienwares warranty but luckily my credit card company offers an extended warranty. If things go properly with the credit card company I should be getting a check of $750-$900 (the price I bought it for) in the mail. Either way I might even make a profit if I'm able to sell the few working parts. If the claim goes through (fingers crossed) I want to stick away from Alienware and maybe even build custom. My friend recently bought an IBuyPower and it's been working well for him. I looked at the website expecting the prices would be far too high but they weren't. I came up with this PC build:

 

Processor: Intel i5-7600k 4 core 3.8GHz

GPU: Asus GTX 1070 OC edition

RAM: 16GB DDR4-3000 ADATA XPG Z1

Motherboard: ASRock Z270M-ITX/AC

PSU: 700 Watt Standard 80 plus bronze

Primary Hard drive: 240GB ADATA SP550 SSD with a READ of 560 MB/s and WRITE of 510 MB/s

Secondary Hard drive: 1TB HHD with 32MB of Cache, 7200 RPM and 6.0Gb/s

 

Price: $1183

 

Has anyone had any personal experience with IBuyPower or have any input. For this price I don't even know whether it's a good idea to make one myself or not. After googling a lot on this topic I found that most of the issues occurred when they received the PC for the first time. Any help is appreciated, thanks.

 

 

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That isnt as bad value as some prebuilts I have seen, but I am sure you could build it yourself for less. Is there a link? That PSU seems a little dodgy to me if they wont provide a name. 

Please quote our replys so we get a notification and can reply easily. Never cheap out on a PSU, or I will come to watch the fireworks. 

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My specs

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PC:

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K @4.8GHz
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S 
Motherboard:  ASUS Maximus VIII Hero 
GPU: Zotac AMP Extreme 1070 @ 2114Mhz
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB
Case: Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 5 
Power Supply: EVGA 750W G2

 

Peripherals 

Keyboard: Corsair K70 LUX Browns
Mouse: Logitech G502 
Headphones: Kingston HyperX Cloud Revolver 

Monitor: U2713M @ 75Hz

 

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I was gifted a PC from them with a 6600k and a 980. It was OK but there were some issues. It might have been the case they had chosen but cable management was horrendous (a big deal for me). They didn't even use the cable management options the case had. Also I had to reinstall Windows when I got it, and completely wipe all the drives in diskpart on another PC but I forgot why. But it was still a functional PC and I guess thats all that matters.

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Build your own.

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CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K

CPU Cooler: be quiet! - PURE ROCK 
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver - 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste 
Motherboard: ASRock Z370 Extreme4
Memory: G.Skill TridentZ RGB 2x8GB 3200/14
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive 
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive
Storage: Western Digital - Blue 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive
Storage: Western Digital - BLACK SERIES 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: EVGA - 970 SSC ACX (1080 is in RMA)
Case: Fractal Design - Define R5 w/Window (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA P2 750W with CableMod blue/black Pro Series
Optical Drive: LG - WH16NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit and Linux Mint Serena
Keyboard: Logitech - G910 Orion Spectrum RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard
Mouse: Logitech - G502 Wired Optical Mouse
Headphones: Logitech - G430 7.1 Channel  Headset
Speakers: Logitech - Z506 155W 5.1ch Speakers

 

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Build yourself and then you can brag about it

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7600K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($239.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  ($80.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI Z270 PC MATE ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($124.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: Mushkin Blackline 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($81.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($83.60 @ NCIX US) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.60 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card  ($389.99 @ B&H) 
Case: Zalman Z1 Neo ATX Mid Tower Case  ($42.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: EVGA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($76.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $1170.13
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-17 22:40 EST-0500

 

At least the components in there are trusted to work good, and they are all black themed

 

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4 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:


Storage: Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($67.88 @ OutletPC) 

Why? For the love of God, why?!

Cor Caeruleus Reborn v6

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CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K

CPU Cooler: be quiet! - PURE ROCK 
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver - 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste 
Motherboard: ASRock Z370 Extreme4
Memory: G.Skill TridentZ RGB 2x8GB 3200/14
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive 
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive
Storage: Western Digital - Blue 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive
Storage: Western Digital - BLACK SERIES 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: EVGA - 970 SSC ACX (1080 is in RMA)
Case: Fractal Design - Define R5 w/Window (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA P2 750W with CableMod blue/black Pro Series
Optical Drive: LG - WH16NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit and Linux Mint Serena
Keyboard: Logitech - G910 Orion Spectrum RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard
Mouse: Logitech - G502 Wired Optical Mouse
Headphones: Logitech - G430 7.1 Channel  Headset
Speakers: Logitech - Z506 155W 5.1ch Speakers

 

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Just now, ARikozuM said:

Why? For the love of God, why?!

At least no a V300 lel

I am an atheist btw

 

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Just now, deXxterlab97 said:

At least no a V300 lel

I am an atheist btw

 

You better change that to a SP550 or MX300.

Cor Caeruleus Reborn v6

Spoiler

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K

CPU Cooler: be quiet! - PURE ROCK 
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver - 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste 
Motherboard: ASRock Z370 Extreme4
Memory: G.Skill TridentZ RGB 2x8GB 3200/14
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive 
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive
Storage: Western Digital - Blue 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive
Storage: Western Digital - BLACK SERIES 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: EVGA - 970 SSC ACX (1080 is in RMA)
Case: Fractal Design - Define R5 w/Window (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA P2 750W with CableMod blue/black Pro Series
Optical Drive: LG - WH16NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit and Linux Mint Serena
Keyboard: Logitech - G910 Orion Spectrum RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard
Mouse: Logitech - G502 Wired Optical Mouse
Headphones: Logitech - G430 7.1 Channel  Headset
Speakers: Logitech - Z506 155W 5.1ch Speakers

 

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1 minute ago, ARikozuM said:

You better change that to a SP550 or MX300.

Ugh fine there, done it

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29 minutes ago, Clown said:

Based off of the title you most likely know what this post is going to be about. Basically I need a new PC. Almost everything in my previous Alienware PC broke. It was no longer under Alienwares warranty but luckily my credit card company offers an extended warranty. If things go properly with the credit card company I should be getting a check of $750-$900 (the price I bought it for) in the mail. Either way I might even make a profit if I'm able to sell the few working parts. If the claim goes through (fingers crossed) I want to stick away from Alienware and maybe even build custom. My friend recently bought an IBuyPower and it's been working well for him. I looked at the website expecting the prices would be far too high but they weren't. I came up with this PC build:

 

Processor: Intel i5-7600k 4 core 3.8GHz

GPU: Asus GTX 1070 OC edition

RAM: 16GB DDR4-3000 ADATA XPG Z1

Motherboard: ASRock Z270M-ITX/AC

PSU: 700 Watt Standard 80 plus bronze

Primary Hard drive: 240GB ADATA SP550 SSD with a READ of 560 MB/s and WRITE of 510 MB/s

Secondary Hard drive: 1TB HHD with 32MB of Cache, 7200 RPM and 6.0Gb/s

 

Price: $1183

 

Has anyone had any personal experience with IBuyPower or have any input. For this price I don't even know whether it's a good idea to make one myself or not. After googling a lot on this topic I found that most of the issues occurred when they received the PC for the first time. Any help is appreciated, thanks.

 

 

4 Years ago or so I bought a prebuilt computer from them before I knew how to build computer's. The power supply is some generic random company that I have never heard of.  

Tech enthusiast and CS Student

 

 

 

 

 

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1 hour ago, deXxterlab97 said:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7600K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($239.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  ($80.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI Z270 PC MATE ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($124.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: Mushkin Blackline 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($81.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($83.60 @ NCIX US) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.60 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card  ($389.99 @ B&H) 
Case: Zalman Z1 Neo ATX Mid Tower Case  ($42.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: EVGA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($76.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $1170.13
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-17 22:40 EST-0500

 

At least the components in there are trusted to work good, and they are all black themed

 

Would something like this be reliable for at least a few years? And is there anyway that I can get warranty on these parts? Thanks for the reply man!

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1 hour ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Build yourself and then you can brag about it

haha

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11 hours ago, Clown said:

Based off of the title you most likely know what this post is going to be about. Basically I need a new PC. Almost everything in my previous Alienware PC broke. It was no longer under Alienwares warranty but luckily my credit card company offers an extended warranty. If things go properly with the credit card company I should be getting a check of $750-$900 (the price I bought it for) in the mail. Either way I might even make a profit if I'm able to sell the few working parts. If the claim goes through (fingers crossed) I want to stick away from Alienware and maybe even build custom. My friend recently bought an IBuyPower and it's been working well for him. I looked at the website expecting the prices would be far too high but they weren't. I came up with this PC build:

 

Processor: Intel i5-7600k 4 core 3.8GHz

GPU: Asus GTX 1070 OC edition

RAM: 16GB DDR4-3000 ADATA XPG Z1

Motherboard: ASRock Z270M-ITX/AC

PSU: 700 Watt Standard 80 plus bronze

Primary Hard drive: 240GB ADATA SP550 SSD with a READ of 560 MB/s and WRITE of 510 MB/s

Secondary Hard drive: 1TB HHD with 32MB of Cache, 7200 RPM and 6.0Gb/s

 

Price: $1183

 

Has anyone had any personal experience with IBuyPower or have any input. For this price I don't even know whether it's a good idea to make one myself or not. After googling a lot on this topic I found that most of the issues occurred when they received the PC for the first time. Any help is appreciated, thanks.

 

 

They really aren't bad at all. I've only seen 1 issue with these that I can remember, and it wouldn't turn on properly. Most likely had some damage while being shipped. Other than that, never had issues with any of these. If you don't want to build your own, go for it.

The main reason I say build your own is for warranty purposes. iBuyPower built it, you get 1 year warranty from them. If you buy all individual parts and assemble it yourself, you get anywhere from 1 year to 3 years per part, depending on the brand. Thats why I build.

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